I hope it was - Derek deserves it.
Just one thing: He did not write 'What's the Life of a Man' (as far as I know it's trad). The one song he wrote in his life (according to Ian McCalman) was 'The Back o' the Aisler', which can be found on their latest CD 'Keepers' and was played on Travelling Folk last week as a tribute. If anyone would like the words I'll copy them out from the booklet some time.
For a link to Ian McCalman's very moving obituary of Derek in The Scotsman see the other thread.